[Console Games] The Texas Chain Saw Massacre

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The Texas Chain Saw Massacre (titled: The Texas Chainsaw Massacre in Spain, The Texas Chain Saw Massacre in Latin America, The Texas Chain Saw Massacre in Venezuela, and The Chainsaw Maniac in Argentina and Uruguay)3 is a 1974 independent horror film, Produced, written and directed by Tobe Hooper. Its cast is made up of Marilyn Burns, Gunnar Hansen, Edwin Neal, Allen Danziger, Paul A. Partain, Jim Siedow and Teri McMinn. The story shows two brothers who travel with their friends to Texas in order to check the grave of one of their relatives, which, according to radio reports, had been desecrated. However, on the way they are attacked by a family of cannibals. The film was marketed as based on true events to appeal to a broader audience and to act as a subtle commentary on the political scene at the time; however, although Leatherface's character and some minor story details are inspired by Ed Gein's crimes, his plot is largely fictional.

Hooper produced the film for less than $140,000 and used a cast of relatively unknown actors, drawn primarily from central Texas, where the film was shot. The limited budget forced him to shoot every day of the week for many hours at a time in order to finish as quickly as possible and reduce the cost of prop rental. Due to the violent content of the film, he too had to struggle to find a distributor, but was eventually accepted by Louis Perano of the Bryanston Distributing Company. Hooper limited the amount of graphic violence in hopes of a PG rating, but the Motion Picture Association of America rated it R. The film faced similar difficulties internationally.

The Texas Chain Saw Massacre was banned in several countries, including Australia and the United Kingdom, and numerous theaters stopped showing the film in response to complaints about its violence. While it initially received mixed reviews, it grossed over $30 million in the United States and sold 16.5 million tickets in 1974. Since then, it has earned a reputation as one of the best horror films. He is credited with originating many common elements in the slasher genre, including the use of machine tools as murder weapons and the characterization of the killer as a large, heavy, faceless figure. It had a remake, five sequels, and two prequels.

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Actress Teri McMinn on location for the film.
Sally Hardesty (Marilyn Burns), her paraplegic brother Franklin (Paul A. Partain), and their friends, Jerry (Allen Danzinger), Kirk (William Vail), and Pam (Teri McMinn), travel down a Texas highway toward the cemetery after hearing on the radio that his grandfather's grave had been desecrated. After verifying that the grave is intact, they stop at a gas station, but the owner tells them that there is no fuel, so the young people decide to continue towards the old Hardesty house. Along the way, they pick up a hitchhiker (Edwin Neal), who tells them about his family who works at the old slaughterhouse. After taking a photo of Franklin, he asks for money, but the young men refuse to pay. After this, the subject burns the photo and cuts Franklin's arm with a knife. The group ejects him from the van, but the subject leaves a bloodstain on the side of the vehicle.

Arriving at the Hardesty farm, the young men begin to examine the place. As Kirk and Pam look for a place to swim, they hear a power generator at a nearby house. As Kirk enters the house to ask for fuel, he is attacked by a man, Leatherface (Gunnar Hansen), who hits Kirk over the head with a hammer. Pam enters the place looking for Kirk, but Leatherface attacks her and hangs her on a meat hook, forcing her to watch her tear Kirk to pieces. Sally, Franklin and Jerry begin to worry about the couple's absence, so Jerry goes looking for them. When he enters the house, he finds Pam inside a freezer, barely alive, but is killed by Leatherface, hitting him over the head with a hammer.

At nightfall, Sally and Franklin decide to go in search of the rest. As they walk in search of the others, they are attacked by the assassin, who attacks Franklin with a chainsaw, killing him. Sally escapes through the woods and reaches the gas station, where she asks the owner (Jim Siedow) for help, but the man captures her, gags her and takes her to the house where her friends had died. There she discovers that the gas station owner, as well as the hitchhiker, are Leatherface's brothers. The young woman is tied to a chair, while her grandfather (John Dugan), who practices cannibalism, tries to kill her with a hammer, but fails several times due to her weakness.

As the family members begin to argue, Sally escapes through a window.